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  • 4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Daniel Sheridan

    A ‘perverted’ and ‘sadistic’ man will now spend 16 years behind bars and a lifetime on the sex offenders register after being sentenced for multiple child sex offences. Connor Laud, 27, was found guilty of rape of a child under 13 and two counts of inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity following a trial at Grimsby Crown Court on Thursday, June 19. He has also been placed on the sex offenders register for the rest of his life with a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.

  • 4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Daniel Sheridan

    Three men have been jailed for their involvement in drugs supply in Yorkshire. Officers from the Bradford East Neighbourhood Policing executed a drugs warrant in May 2024 on Hill Side Road and Hill Side Terrace after receiving community-led intelligence about drug supply in the Bowling and Barkerend area.

  • 4 days ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Daniel Sheridan

    Plans to knock down a former pub in Pudsey have been refused by council officials. Applicant Verma Developments said the Oddfellows Hall site in Pudsey, Leeds is ‘dangerous’. The pub on Richardshaw Lane dates back to 1916. The ‘restoration’ of the site had been stated as to clear and install a security fence. If work was approved developers hoped it would commence on July 1, 2025. However, plans have been knocked back by officials at Leeds Council.

  • 1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Daniel Sheridan

    A former Imam at a mosque in Yorkshire has been jailed for 13 years after he admitted two counts of rape and one multiple counts of rape. Mohammed Hanif Kha, 57, was an Imam at a mosque in Bradford at the time of the offences in the 1990s. Khan, of Blagden Street, befriended the victim who was a child at the time where he subjected him to a series of sexual abuse over many years. After Khan pleaded guilty he was remanded into custody.

  • 1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Daniel Sheridan

    An elderly woman has died after being hit by a double-decker bus in Leeds, police said. The woman, who was 79, died on Wednesday June 18 after suffering injuries in the crash on Vicar Lane at 1.52pm on Monday, June 16. The collision occurred at the pedestrian crossing between the Victoria Quarter entrance and Sidney Street. The bus was heading towards Eastgate at the time.

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Daniel Sheridan @DSheridanYEP
23 Jan 25

This absolutely has to change as a policy. It’s a disgrace https://t.co/RfkPlSmGmE

Daniel Sheridan
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11 Dec 24

A 65-year-old woman has been jailed for criminal damage after using a hammer and mallet on a neighbour’s home – despite claiming CGI had been used to place the weapons in her hand on footage of the incident... https://t.co/uLlzQFJ1DC

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10 Dec 24

Charles Pickering, 24, was doing 60mph in a 40mph zone when he hit a 53-year-old woman in his Caddy van. She died at the scene. He had heavily modified his car. Pickering answered no comment during interview. He has been jailed - for 18 months. https://t.co/mhXUYfPQOq